Riparian vegetation NDVI dynamics and its relationship with climate, surface water and groundwater

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 59-68

  Fu, Baihua ^a   Burgher, Isabela ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental flow; Groundwater; NDVI; Regression tree analysis; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; GROUNDWATER; NDVI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; NAMOI BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84907990122     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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